G42, the Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence and cloud computing firm, has teamed up with Kenyan technology company EcoCloud to develop a green data centre in the East African country.
Powered by geothermal energy – clean power made using heat from the earth’s crust – the centre is expected to have an initial capacity of 100-megawatt.
It has the potential to build up to a gigawatt, the companies said on Friday.
The project aims to reduce fossil fuel dependence and cut carbon emissions, they added.
Geothermal technology has a potential of more than 10GW in Kenya, figures compiled by…
